This record is complete, it’s like a skin that has been shed... Despite the wilderness introspection and hermit mystique that charcterises this music, FOR EMMA, FOREVER AGO is a record that reaches out and demands attention. It is a powerful act of transformation... Isolation doesn't get more splendid than this.(Mojo; 5/5 Punkten)

Vernon gives a soulful performance full of intuitive swells and fades, his phrasing and pronunciation making his voice as much a purely sonic instrument as his guitar.(Pitchfork Media; 8,1/10 Punkten)